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+Quainen+, _v._ to lament, MD (s.v. _hwenen_); +whene+, MD.--AS.
_hwanan_ (in _a-hw?nan_, BT).
+Quair+, _sb._ quire, book, S3; +quayre+, Manip., CM; +quayer+, Voc.--OF. _quayer_ (F. _cahier_), Prov. _cazern_ for _cadern_; It.
_quaderno_; Lat. _quaternum_; cp. Late Lat. _quaternio_ a sheet folded in four (Voc.). See +Quartern+.
+Quaken+, _v._ to quake, tremble, S2; +cwakien+, S; +quakede+, _pt. s._, PP, MD; +quok+ (_strong form_), PP; +quook+, C2, SkD; +quoke+, S2, H.--AS. _cwacian_.
+Quakynge+, _sb._ trembling, Prompt., MD; +quakyng+, W.--AS. _cwacung_.
+Qual+, _sb._ whale, MD, Cath. (_n_); +qwal+, Prompt.; +qwaylle+, Cath.; +quale+, S2; +whal+, W2; +hwel+, MD; +qualle+, _pl._, S2, Cath. (_n_); +quhalis+, S3, Cath. (_n_).--AS. _hwael_.
+Qualm+, _sb._ death, pestilence, S2, H; +cwalm+, MD; +qualme+, _dat._, C.--AS. _cwealm_. See +Quelen+.
+Quarel+, _sb._ a square-headed cross-bow bolt, quarrel, WA, SkD; +quarelle+, S2; +quarrel+, WA, ND.--AF. _quarel_, cross-bow bolt; Late Lat. _quadrellum_ (ace.), a quarrel, a square tile, dimin. of Lat.
_quadrus_, square.
+Quarere+, _sb._ quarry, Prompt.; +quareres+, _pl._, S2.--OF.
_quarriere_ (Cotg.); Late Lat. _quadraria_, quarry, deriv. from _quadrus_. See above.
+Quartern+, _sb._ prison; +cwarterne+, _dat._, MD; +quarterne+, S, MD.--AS. _cweartern_, prison, perhaps for AS. _quatern_, 'quaternio'
(OET). Cp. Fr. _caserne_ (Sp. _caserna_), barracks; Lat. _quaterna_ (see Brachet); an etym. ill.u.s.trated by the Fr. sea-term _casernet_, log-book, a deriv. of Lat. _quaternum_, see Diez, p. 755 (s.v. _cahier_).--See +Quair+.
+Quarteroun+, _sb._ a quarter, P, HD; +quartrun+, PP.
+Quat+, +Qua+, _pt. s._ quoth, S; see +Queen+.
+Quatriuials+, _sb. pl._ the quadrivials, the quadrivium, the four higher sciences: astrology, geometry, arithmetic, music, S3 (14.
511).--From Late Lat. _quadrivium_, the four mathematical sciences; in Lat. a place where four ways meet.
+Quave-mire+, _sb._ quagmire, HD; +quamier+, DG.
+Quauen+, _v._ to shake, S2, PP, Prompt.; +quave+, HD, JD, DG.
+Quauynge+, _sb._ shaking, MD.
+Quayle+, _v._ to curdle, to coagulate, Palsg., Prompt., Manip.--OF.
_coailler_ Lat. _coagulare_.
+Quaynt+, _adj._ prudent, wise, H; +quaynte+, quaint, curious, WA; see +Coint+.
+Quayntis+, _sb._ wisdom, prudence, H; see +Cointise+.
+Quayre+, _sb._ quire, book, CM see +Quair+.
+Queade+, _sb._ evil, iniquity, S2; see +Quad+.
+Queale+, _sb._ a blister, pimple, _pupula_, Manip.; see +Whele+.
+Quecchen+, _v._ to shake, MD; +qvycchyn+, Prompt.; +quytche+, Palsg.; +quitch+, Cotg. (s.v. _oeil_); +cwehte+, _pt. s._, MD; +quehte+, MD.--AS. _cweccan_.
+Qued+, _adj._ bad, S2, PP; see +Quad+.
+Quedschipe+, _sb._ wickedness, MD; +queadschipe+, S; +cweadschipe+, S.
+Queere+, _sb._ quire, choir, Prompt.; +queer+, W2; +quere+, W2; +queir+, S3.--OF. _choeur_ (Cotg.); Lat. _chorum_ (acc.); Gr. ?????.
+Quek+, _adj._ living, S2; see +Quik+.
+Quelen+, _v._ to die, MD; +cwelen+, MD.--AS. _cwelan_, pt. _cwael_ (pl.
_cw?lon_), pp. _cwolen_. Cp. OHG. _quelan_, 'cruciari' (Tatian).
+Quellen+, _v._ to kill, S, S2, C3, C; +quelde+, _pt. s._, S; +cwelled+, _pp._, S.--AS. _cwellan_; cp. OHG. _quelen_ 'cruciare' (Tatian), _quellen_ (Otfrid).
+Quellere+, _sb._ executioner, MD.--AS. _cwellere_.
+Queme+, _adj._ pleasing, S, MD; +qweme+, convenient, WA; +cweme+, S; +wheme+, MD.--AS. _(ge)cweme_, from _c(w)om_, pt. of _c.u.man_; cp. OHG.
_(bi)queman_, to come to, to suit, fit (Otfrid); see Kluge (s.v.
_bequem_). See +Comen+.
+Quemeful+, _adj._ placable, W2.
+Quemen+, _v._ to please, S, H, PP; +cwernen+, S; +cwemde+, _pt. s._, S; +i-quemd+, _pp._, S; +i-cwemet+, S.--AS. _cweman_.
+Quenchen+, _v._ to quench, S, Prompt., S3, SkD; +cwennkenn+, S; +queynte+, _pt. s._, MD, S2; +queynt+, _pp._, MD, C; +y-kuenct+, S2; +quenchid+, W2.--AS. _cwencan_.
+Quene+, _sb._ queen, wife, woman, quean, S, C2, C3, WA; +quen+, S, C; +cuen+, S; +kuen+, MD; +kwene+, S; +cwene+, MD.--AS. _cwen_; cp. OHG.
_quena_, wife (Otfrid); for root see Brugmann, -- 467, 3.
[[Addition:]] It should be noted that E. _queen_ is not precisely the same word as E. _quean_. For _queen_ is the phonetic equivalent of AS.
_cwen_, Goth. _kwens_, whereas _quean_ represents AS. _cwene_, Goth.
_kwino_.
+Querel+, _sb._ a complaint, dispute, quarrel, S2, W2; +querele+, SkD.--AF. _querele_; Late Lat. *_querella_, for Lat. _querela_.
+Querne+, _sb._ hand-mill, C2, Prompt., Palsg., MD; +queerne+, W.--AS.
_cweorn_; cp. Goth. _kwairnus_; see Brugmann, -- 442.
+Querrour+, _sb._ quarry-man, CM. See +Quarere+.
+Quest+, _sb._ an inquiry, jury, verdict, G.--OF. _queste_, a quest (Cotg.). _Quest_ is used for the proper legal term _enquest_; OF.
_enqueste_.
+Queste+, _sb._ will, bequest, G; +quiste+, S. A corrupt form of +Quide+ (q.v.), influenced by the above word.
+Queen+, _v._ to speak, MD; +cween+, S, MD; +cwa+, _pt. s._, S; +cwe+, S; +que+, S; +qua+, S, S2; +quo+, S; +quat+, S; +quad+, S; +quod+, S, S2, C2; +koth+, S3; +couth+, MD; +cothe+, MD; +hwat+, MD; +wat+, S; +ko+, S3; +i-cwede+, _pp._, S.--AS. _cwean_, pt. _cwae_ (pl.
_cw?don_), pp. _ge-cweden_.
+Queynt+, _adj._ prudent, fine, quaint, MD; +queynte+, S3, C2, MD; see +Coint+.
